Built off the resident-based model incorporated within their COVID-19 Rapid Response racial disparity work, Residents in Action (RiA) intends to address the root causes of food insecurity among Black children in Jackson. Through a deep level of civic engagement, this...
This project will expand an evidence-based fruit and vegetable prescription programs to a prenatal population. Michigan State University and its partners will gather health outcomes data to demonstrate the return on investment and inform policy conversations for fresh...
This project will create a fresh prescription intervention for high-risk pregnant and postpartum women in rural regions of northwest Michigan. The project will gather health outcomes data and screen participants for food insecurity and other high-risk conditions, such...
The Crim Fitness Foundation will create a food policy council in Flint to coordinate and grow food system work in the community. The Flint Food Policy Council will recruit stakeholders, collect input, facilitate meetings, and create action plans to improve the local...
This project will incorporate community feedback and engagementinto shaping community-centric nutrition and meal preparation classes, a pop-uprestaurant that residents can frequent to increase access to fresh and healthyfoods, and food safety education to reduce and...
The Western U.P. Planning and Development Region will conduct a feasibility study to expand the 10 Cents a Meal program to the Western U.P. 10 Cents a Meal is a state program that provides schools and early childhood education centers with matching funding to purchase...
This project will develop the infrastructure for a community integrated network of home nutrition providers, first in Washtenaw County and then across Southeast Michigan. It will leverage additional funding from the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation to develop the...
The Health Fund’s Michigan Food Environment Scan demonstrated that Saginaw and the surrounding communities were a high need area with low resources specific to food access. The Michigan Health Improvement Alliance’s THRIVE initiative will engage stakeholders to...
Vista Grande Villa will use an intergenerational model to improve access to healthy food and reduce social isolation in Jackson County. This project builds on Vista Grande Villa’s 2019 planning grant and will create community garden hubs and educational opportunities...
